On November 21, 1937, a large number of planes attacked Jiangyin, bombing Jiangyin County Government, the use of yarn mills, Nanjing Middle School and other targets. Colonel Yuan Youren, the magistrate of Jiangyin County and deputy commander of the Jiangyin Martial Law Command, evacuated most of the residents, Jiangyin County quickly entered a wartime state, and established the Jiangyin County Anti-Enemy Support Association, with Yuan You as the county magistrate and director, and Jiang Xingya, chairman of the county party department, as the deputy director.

After the establishment of the support association, the masses were organized to conduct firefighting, air defense monitoring and light control drills, and three local newspapers were used to carry out anti-protest propaganda. At the same time, the support committee also set up a Jiangyin intelligence station, with county magistrate Yuan concurrently serving as the station chief, and the main task of this intelligence station was to dispatch police forces to set up air defense surveillance posts along the river to observe the activities of enemy ships and planes. In addition, Xiao Huanzhang, director of the Jiangyin County Secret Service Office, also set up an espionage team to counter the activities of Han and enemy spies.

At this time, because of the change in the battle situation, the Military Commission believed that in the overall situation, the Jiangyin Fortress was likely to break out of the defensive line and fall into encirclement, so the Military Commission decided to abandon the fortress if necessary. Minister He Yingqin secretly ordered the fortress to prepare for the demolition and retreat of the new artillery, and this retreat preparation made the officers and soldiers of the fortress feel fluctuating. However, the stubborn resistance of the 112th Division made the Military Commission change its judgment, believing that the troops in the Jiangyin fortress area would fight in a battle, so the Military Commission changed the order and ordered Commander Xu to hold the fortress.

On 22 November, the Central China Front of the Chinese Army, in disregard of the opposition of its base camp, drew up an outline of the second phase of the operational plan and ordered the 10th Army to continue to advance against Wuxi and Huzhou. Because most of the defense troops of [***] were newly defeated divisions on the battlefield, their combat strength was insufficient, and the fortifications of the two defense lines of Suchang and Xicheng unexpectedly did not play a role, so the advance of the army was quite smooth. The 10th Army, with the 13th Division as the vanguard, followed up with the 9th Division, which lost more than half of its strength in the Shanghai operation, and the 16th and 11th Divisions, which were relatively intact in combat strength, and launched an offensive on the Xicheng Line.

On November 19, the army captured the county seat of Suzhou.

On November 23, the main forces of the 16th and 11th Divisions and the 9th Division marched from Suzhou to attack the county seat of Wuxi.

On November 24, the army arrived at the south gate of Wuxi County. At the same time, the Chongteng detachment of the Yue army attacked the Yanqiao, an important town in Wuxi, and began to prepare to attack Qingyang, an important town in Jiangyin.

On November 25, the army captured Wuxi, an important town on the Chengxi defense line, and the Chengxi defense line was also breached. At the same time, the 3rd Fleet of the 3rd Fleet of the Chinese Army assembled the 3rd Mine Squadron, the 11th Mine Squadron, and the 11th Minesweeper Squadron to form an attack fleet and prepare to completely open the Jiangyin blockade line and clear the waterway. The 11th Sentai sent two destroyers and one gunboat to participate in the formation. In addition, the 1st Port Department also dispatched 4 tugboats. On the 26th, the ship magpie shelled the sailing boats on the river in Duanshansha to demonstrate, and the fleet anchored to the east of Duanshan Port. Intelligence pointed out that this flotilla consisted of more than 60 large and small vessels, and from time to time fired at the [***] coastal positions in Duanshan Port and Maozhu Port. The Shigetsu detachment of the land unit of the army outflanked Jiangyin from the direction of Wuxi along the Xicheng Highway and began to attack the Jiangyin fortress by land.

On the 27th, the Lian and Bi and four mine-sweeping tugboats formed a detachment and began to advance upstream. At 10 o'clock in the morning, the ship sailed to anchor outside the Jiangyin blockade line and prepared to shell the fortress. By the time the ship arrived, the officers and men of the four Xiaoshanjia units who had been trained in the fortress guns had already observed the ship and completed the distance measurement. After aiming at the Lotus, the 4th unit of A quickly released a round and hit the Lotus, causing the ship to catch fire and burn. The 4th unit of the first day immediately released another round of four shells, and the ships returned fire at the Xiaoshan fort and the Wushan fort, and each ship fired 100 rounds of guns, but the range of the ships was shorter than the 4 units of the first 4 on Xiaoshan, so the ship could only gnash his teeth. One hour later, the ship retreated. Military records state that the blockade line could be seen from the ship at that time. This was the first battle between the Jiangyin fortress and the Yueben navy.

Huashan, commonly known as Jiuli Mountain, is bordered by Xicheng Highway in the west, Chengyang Highway in the east, and Qingyang and Qiaoqi, which are important towns in Jiangyin in the south, and are the southern wing of the barrier Jiangyin Fortress.

The 334th Brigade, which was responsible for defending the area, dismantled the bridges of Yingtianhe, Donghenghe and Xiejing rivers in the front of Huashan during construction, and blew up the Dayang Bridge on the Xicheng Highway.

After the Yue army broke through the Wufu fortification line and occupied Wuxi, the Goto detachment of the 13th Division pursued and advanced to Qingyang Town, which was on the outskirts of the Jiangyin defensive line.

On the afternoon of November 27, 1937, a company of the 667th Regiment of the 334th Brigade of the Qingyang Defenders engaged the Goto detachment from Changshu. After the fierce battle, most of the company was killed, and Qiaoqi fell.

After the fall of Kyoki, the Goto detachment of the Yue Army, which was supposed to take advantage of the victory to pursue, suddenly stopped the pace of the march and temporarily stopped the attack at Kyoki.

Fang Shuhong, the commander of the 112th Regiment of the 667th Division of the Qingyang Defenders, was puzzled by this.

According to common sense, after the Yue army occupied Qiaoqi, it was time to launch an attack on Qingyang, and under the superior firepower of the Yue army, Qingyang was difficult to defend. But the army didn't do that.

Judging from the news from the front, the Yue army that had just obtained Qiaoqi even looked a little yellow.

This made Fang Shuhong a little confused, what tricks did the army do again?

"Report, a company commander named Gao Fei of the 26th Division of the Sichuan Army asked to see him."

Fang Shuhong, who was doing research on the map, was a little impatient when he heard this report: "What are the 26th Divisions doing here?" Missing! ”

"Tuanzao, that Gao Fei is said to be a hero of Songhu, and he also has a warrant from Commander Chen Cheng."

There are no heroes in the Songhu Anti-Japanese War, there are too many heroes in Shanghai, but the other party has a warrant from Commander Chen Cheng in his hand, which makes Fang Shuhong a little helpless:

"Let him in!"

"Report, 26th Regiment of the 76th Brigade of the 151st Division of the Sichuan Army"

Fang Shuhong interrupted Gao Fei's words: "Don't introduce yourself, just say, what's the matter with me?" ”

Gao Fei's waist was straight: "The regiment must be wondering, why the army stopped attacking after occupying Qiaoqi." ”

Fang Shuhong raised his eyebrows: "You know? ”

"Yes! Because of the attack on Qingyang, the commander of the Goto detachment of the said army, Goto Tsuka, has been killed by our company! ”

"What?" Fang Shuhong and the chief of staff stopped their movements and looked at Gao Fei in disbelief. Fang Shuhong's eyes became a little straight:

"Goofy, repeat what you just said!"

"The commander of the Goto detachment of the attack on Qingyang, Goto Tsuka, has been killed by my company!" Goofy repeated his words aloud.

"You, are you crazy?" Fang Shuhong stared at the young officer in front of him: "The commander of the Goto detachment, died in your hands?" Are you talking nonsense? ”

There was no fear in Goofy's voice:

"Yes, there is no joke in the army, Goto Tsuka was killed by us!"